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and physician clinics; (5) “clinical social workers' services” means clinical social work services provided by a person licensed as a clinical social worker under AS 08.95; (6) [Repealed, § 6 ch 28 SLA 2003.] (7) “department” means the Department of Health; (8) “emergency hospital services” means services that (A) are necessary to prevent the death or serious impairment of the health of the individual; and (B) because of the threat to the life or health of the individual, necessitate the use of the most accessible hospital available that is equipped to furnish the services, even if the hospital does not currently meet (i) the conditions for participation under Medicare; or (ii) the definitions of inpatient or outpatient hospital services under 42 C.F.R. 440.10 and 440.20; (9) “emotionally disturbed or chronically mentally ill adults” includes only persons who receive mental health services from an entity that has a contract to provide community mental health services under AS 47.30.520 — 47.30.620; (10) “eyeglasses” are lenses, including frames when necessary, and other aids to vision prescribed by a physician skilled in diseases of the eye, or by an optometrist, whichever the patient may select, to aid or improve vision; (11) “health facility” includes a (A) hospital, skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, rehabilitation facility, inpatient psychiatric facility, home health agency, rural health clinic, and outpatient surgical clinic; and (B) birthing center if birthing centers are authorized for coverage under the state plan approved under AS 47.07.040 by the United States Department of Health and Human Services; (12) “hospice care” means services to a terminally ill individual of the type and under the circumstances described in 42 U.S.C. 1396d(o), as amended, and applicable federal regulations; (13) “midwife services” means services within the practice of midwifery, as defined in AS 08.65.190, that are performed by a certified direct-entry midwife, and miscellaneous fees, other than facility fees, for birth kits, oxygen, and other ancillary expenses necessary for a birth attended by a certified direct-entry midwife; (14) [Repealed, § 60 ch 33 SLA 2016.] (15) “personal care services in a recipient's home” means services authorized under a service plan in accordance with applicable federal and state law; (16) [See delayed amendment note.] “professional counseling services” means services within the practice of professional counseling provided by a person licensed as a professional counselor under AS 08.29; professional counseling services may be provided at a facility that is not a provider of clinic services. (17) “psychologists' services” means services within the practice of psychology provided by a